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E. HORTON.

GOMBINEDHAMMER AND NAIL FEEDING DEVICE.- No. 319,719.

Patented June 9, 1885.

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E. HORTON.

GOMBINED HAMMER AND NAIL FEEDING DEVICE.

m 319,719. Patented June 9, I885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Erica.

EMMET HORTON, OF DUNDEE, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,719, dated June 9, 1885.

Application filed March 3, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMMET HORTON, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Dundee, in the county of Yates and State of New York, have invented-certain new anduseful Improvements in Nailing-Hammers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention.

My invention has for its object the production of a hammerhaving a nail-holding box or receptacle, for use by carpenters, masons, and others,for shingling,lathing,nailing boxes, and other purposes, whereby the swinging movement of the hammer by its handle is made to feed the nails by their gravity, one at a time, to a nail-holding attachment and place them in suitable position for being driven into the wood and the invention includes various constructions and combinations of parts, whereby this self feeding and placing actionof the nails is facilitated without regard to any particular arrangement of the nails in the nail-holding box or receptacle of the hammer, substantially as hereinafter described. Said invention essentially differs from a straight reciprocating brad-punch fitted with a brad-holding box, in which the brads are specially arranged point foremost, one above the other, within the box, and drop by gravity into line with the straight reciprocating driver, inasmuch as in my hammer the nails are introduced promiscuously into the nail-holding receptacle and adjust themselves by their gravity, in connection with the swing or throw of the hammer, into inserting position nor is it in anyv way similar to a mere combined hammer and nail-holder in which the hammer carrying but one nail at a time has arranged on its handle a fixed and sliding clampingjaw retracted by a thumbpiece, and provided with a spring to cause it to clamp the nail.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a sectional side view of a nail holding and feeding hammer embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an under View of the same, Fig. 3, a section on the line 00 a: in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 a section on the line y y in said Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a face view of a slide (Modem forming part of the self-feeding mechanism of the hammer. Fig. 6 is a transverse section on the line :2 a, Fig. 1.

A indicates the hammer-handle, attached to and projecting in front of the inner end of which is a metallic frame, B O D, the portion D of which forms the hammer-head, and the portion 13 has a slot, 12, down through it, While the portion 0, which is. set mainly inclining upward and backward, carries a nail-holding box or receptacle, E, fitted with a lid, 0, for introducing the nails to the box. Said frame is mainly constructed of two vertical longitudinal sections or halves, secured to each other and to the sides of the inner end of the ham-- dle by screws or otherwise, the hammer-head D forming a solid connection with one of said sections.

In the bottom of the box E, near its forward end, is an opening, (I. As the hammer is raised or swung backward, the action of the implement will be to divide or pass a certain quantity of the nails to and through the opening at and into a-channel, e, in the inclined 7 portion 0 of the frame. ,This inclined chan nel 6 has a longitudinal slot, f, in the upper portion of its bottom, terminating at its front end in an enlarged opening, 9, which makes said slot of a T shape at said end, so that as the hammer is lowered or swung forward the nails entered by the opening (1 will be pendent on their heads and slide, point downward, along and down the slotted portion f of the channel 6 till reaching the opening y, when their heads will pass (one nail at a time) through said opening 9, and be received upon the lower surface of a groove, h, immediately beneath the sides of and parallel with the slot f, but extending a considerable distance in front of said slot.- This groove portion has the straight portion of the slot f continned down, through, andalong it, so that the shanks of the nails will be free topass, point downward, down and along said lower extension, f, of the slot, while their heads will slide down and along the groove h till reaching a round or enlarged opening, 2', at the forward end of the groove, when the head of one nail at a time will pass down within an aper- 10o ture, is, in a slide, G, when the latter is 'at rest. Either or both sides of the grooved and for the nailn by full lines in Fig. 1,) the head slotted portions h f may be adjusted laterally to adapt the same to different-sized nails; but as shown in the drawings only the one side is adjustable by means of slotted projections 21 and screws m m.

Arranged within the grooved and slotted portions hf in front of the opening 9 is a pivoted guard, R, which serves in the forward throw of the hammer to allow a certain number of the pendent nails which have traveled along the grooved and slotted portion h f to pass, but which prevents them from returning in the back-throw of the hammer, thus retaining them in place for passage successively through the opening t at the forward end of the slot. It will thus be seen that the gravity of the nails, combined with the swinging actionof the hammer, causes them, no matter how promiscuously they may be put into the box IE, to be adjustedone at atime, as the hammer is swung, to dccupy the pendentposition, point downward, (shown of the nail then being within the aperture is of the slide G and resting upon or near the one end of a vertically-slotted tablesupport 0, and its shank and point projecting down within the slot b in the portion B. The slide G is then moved forward by pulling with the forefinger of does not take place until the slide G has been moved forward to drop the nail from oft the table or support 0, and the jaws I I, which constitute a nail-holder, have been drawn back to receive the nail as it drops, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Suchadjustment of both the slide and nail-holder is effected by the one operation of pulling back the triggerslide H by or through a lever, J, intermediately pivoted at r, and in slotted connection at its opposite ends, respectively, with the nailholderI I and slide G, or by any other suitable mechanism. After the nail n has been thus secured by the holder I I the finger is released from pressure on the trigger-slide H, when a spring, 8, returns the slide to its normal backward position over the support 0, and carries the nail-holder II, having the nail withinit, forward, and so that the perforated lower nail carrying end of said holder is brought under what I term a solid setter, K. The hammer is then struck to place or stick the nail in the wood or work, the setter K resisting the upward thrust ofthe nail when so doing. The nail having been thus stuck in the work, the hammer is lifted from off the 'nail, the springjaws I I, which form the nail-holder, then openingv by their elasticity to release the nail. The nail is then struck by the hammer-head D to drive it home into the work. This action of feeding, placing,

setting, and driving the nails may be repeated with the greatest rapidity and certainty. As a shingling-hammer, although the invention is not restricted to such use, the tool will be found a most convenient and rapid one, as the workman, instead of carrying the nails in his pocket and sorting them by placing a few of them from time to time in his month, has only to throw the nails indiscriminately into the .nail box on the hammer and swing or use the hammer, as described, to place or set and drive the nails successively in their places, always leaving his one hand atliberty to hold the work or himself in position.

If desired, instead of the setter K being stationary and the nail-holder I I movable, the nail-holder might be made stationary and the nail-setter K have a sliding movement to put it in and out of position with the nailholder.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- V 1. A portable hand nailing hammer comprising the following elements in combination, viz: a receptacle for carrying nails, a. hammer-head below the same, an inclined duct or guide communicating with the receptacle at its lower side, a nail-holder adjacent to the hammer-head opening into the lower end of said duct or guide, and a handle portion at right angles to and in rear of the head, sub stantially as set forth.

2. A portable hand nailing hammer in which are combined a receptacle for carrying nails, duct or guide communicating with an IIO 3. The combination, with the handle portion and the hammerhead D, of the receptacle E above the head, opening (I in its lower side, inclined portion 0, extending upward and backward from the head, and formed with passages f f h and opening 9, communicating with opening d, slide G, having an opening, it, adapted to register with the lower end of passage h, atrigger-lever, H, held to slide in bearings at the under side of the handle portion, and connected with the slide G, 'for operating the same, and a nail-holder arranged below the said slide G, to receive the nails therefrom, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the handle portion, hammer-head D, receptacle E over sald head, inclined portion 0, having the passages ff h and opening 9, slide G k at the lower end of said passages, trigger-slide H, held to slide on the handle portion B, and provided with a nail-holder at its forward end, lever J connecting said trigger-slide H with the slide G, and a nail-setter above the sliding nailholder, whereby the trigger-slide may cause the slide G to drop a nail into the holder I, and then move said slide under the setter, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination,with thehammer-head, handle portionB, and receptacle E, having an opening, (I, of the extension 0, passages or guides f f h therein, communicating with'said receptacle, and the pivoted guard R, extending through the passage h, for the purpose described.-

6. The combination, with the nail ducts or guides, of the slide G, having a slot with enlarged opening 70 at its inner end, and the slotted table 0, on which the slide moves, and a nail-holder below the table, the slot in the table being of less diameter than the nailhead, substantially as described, whereby when the opening it is directly beneath the nail-duct the nail will fall through said opening and be suspended from the table until the slide in its forward movement causes it to fall into the nail-holder, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with the inclined nail duct or guide f 71 of the horizontal slotted slide G, having an opening, 7c, normally below the lower end of the nail-duct, the slotted table 0, below the slide, and the sliding spring nailholding jaws below the table 0, and a setter, K, above and to one side of the said spring nail-holding jaws, substantially as set forth.

8. In a nailing-machine, the slotted nailguides, adjustable toward and from each other to contract or expand the nail-slot, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination, with the handle A and the hammer-head D, of the nail-setter K, adjacent to the hammer-head, and the sliding spring nail-holder I I, and trigger-slide H on the lower side of the handle for operating the nail-holder, substantially as set forth.

10. In a nailing-machine, the inclined nailguide 0, having a slot, f, in combination with the adjustable plate forming one side of said slot and provided with slotted lugs Z, and the set-screws m, passing through said slots into the part 0, as set forth. 1

11. The slide G, having a nail-aperture, 7c,

through it, in combination with the nail support or table 0 and the inclined grooved and slotted nailway h f, substantially as specified.

12. In a nail assorting and feeding hammer, the combination of the sliding spring-jaws or nail-holders I I and setter K with the slide G, having a nail-aperture, it, through it, the nail-support or table 0, and the inclined grooved and slotted 'nailway h f, substan' tially as described.

13. The grooved and slotted nailway h f, made adjustable laterally in relation with the slotted channele, and beneath it, substantially as described.

14. The combination of the spring triggerslide H withthe nail-slide G, the table 0, the spring-jaws 0r nail-holdersI I, and the nailsetter K, essentially as specified.

15. In a nail assorting and feeding hammer, the nail box or receptacle E, provided with an outlet, d, and separating-plate F, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

16. In a nail assorting and feeding hammer,

the combination, with the handle Aand hammer-head D, of the nail-setter K, and the sliding spri'ngjaws or nail-holder I I, essentially as specified. v I

' 17. The combination, with the receptacle E and the grooved and slotted portion hf, of the guard R, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

18. In a nailing-hammer, the combination, with the spring-actuated trigger, of a depending nail-clamp at the forward end thereof, adjacent to the hammer-head, substantially as set forth.

19. In a nailing-hammer, the combination, with the trigger, of a nail-clamp at the end thereof, comprising two spring-jaws, substantially as set forth.

- 20. In a nailing-hammer, the combination, with the hammer-head,of an independent spring-actuated nail-clamp adjacent to a vertical side of the hammer-head, substantially as set forth.

EMMET HORTON.

Witnesses:

G. W. BUDD, E. KENDALL. 

